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For flaps see pages 50-52 of the manual. There doesn't appear to be an indicator in-cockpit though there is a little red rod that extends on the left wing close to the trailing edge and just inside the engine.

I can't get manoeuvre flaps set auomatically.

In selecting the motto... 'all for one and one for all'... I have done so because it expresses what should be the creed to every Fighter Pilot. Never forget that you are an essential cog in the wheel, and if you break or fail it will let down your brother pilots, and the grimness of war allows for no such weakness.

Air Vice Marshal Saul in the foreword to 13 Group's 'Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters'

Approach & Landing
Only lower undercarriage and flaps when speed is at 160 mph IAS or below

Spitfire Mk.IX Economical Engine Settings

Engine is equipped with an automatic fuel mixture control which maintains optimal mixture if mixture lever is set to the forward position. To use automatic mixture leaning to reduce fuel consumption during flight move the mixture lever to backward position.

Pilot's Notes
• Airplane has a wide automatization of the engine systems, in fact, to control speed it is only necessary to use the throttle lever. There is no need to manually set engine revolutions and mixture or supercharger gear in normal flight. The engine supercharger has an automatic switch system which depends on altitude and engine revolutions.
• There is an additional emergency engine mode system installed. When it is engaged, the first supercharger gear pressure increases to 1.58 ATA and the second gear pressure to 1.65 ATA, the time limit is 10 minutes. This system is turned on by the engine boost command and works only when the throttle is set to 100%, automatic propeller pitch system is engaged, and the altitude is lower than critical altitude for a given supercharger gear.
• Outlet cowl shutters are operated manually.
• When the angle of attack increases to critical levels the wing may stall suddenly and unexpectedly. There is almost no pre-stall buffet before the stalling. To avoid this the pilot must pay additional attention when performing extreme maneuvering.
• Airplane has electrically actuated landing flaps with three fixed positions: retracted, takeoff (13°) and landing (58°). Flaps control buttons and indicator lights are located on left panel near the throttle. The flap angle may also be checked by indicators on the left and right wing outside the cockpit.
• Airplane has a tail wheel lock system which locks the tail wheel if the flight-stick is pulled backward. The tailwheel should be locked when taxiing straight for a long distance before takeoff and after touchdown upon landing.
• The standard bomb release controller (without modification) allows dropping the bombs only one by one. The strike modification (F-8) bomb release controller allows to choose the bomb release order for underbelly and underwing bombs and the delay between each bomb in the salvo.

Requiem's Learn to fly the FW-190A8 video;

FW190A8 Range & Endurance Calculations

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F/Lt Bunny
No1 Squadron B Flight Leader
Executive Officer No1 Squadron.
(Still part of the 145 Sqd dream team of course)
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"The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire"

Good stuff, Moggs. The speeds vary by weight so the 180km for takeoff is probably for a clean, low fuel weight a/c. The 220 is probably for full-fuel carrying bombs.

Is the 10 minutes with boost and 1.58 ATA the time it's go-juice lasts? Since the normal limit at 1.42 ATA is three minutes, is boost available for only three minutes intervals or you'll blow the engine? Wikipedia (for what that's worth) says the C3 injection system can be used for 10 minutes at a time up to three times during a flight as long as you allowed 10 minutes non-use between each 10 minutes boost use.

Pilot Officer, Press Officer

"No smoking within twelve hours of mission brief. No drinking within fifty feet of the aircraft."

@Sparky I'm not 100% certain as I haven't tested anything but I think the additional boost might be just for the F-8 modification and you have to install it from the options list. I've always took the boost time to be the total time as it's the safer option and it makes for a good, safer, general rule of thumb for aircraft.
If you'd like to read the pilot's notes online, I found the English version here;

@Sparky I'm not 100% certain as I haven't tested anything but I think the additional boost might be just for the F-8 modification and you have to install it from the options list. I've always took the boost time to be the total time as it's the safer option and it makes for a good, safer, general rule of thumb for aircraft.
If you'd like to read the pilot's notes online, I found the English version here;

@Moggy, yes, I believe you're right. I'd forgotten that it's only with the modification but the boost really only counteracts the weight of the modifications and is time limited. My hazy memory is that with the additional boost the a/c acts for a bit as if it didn't have the weapons package in terms of speed. In maneuverability though, the weapons sled degrades performance with no fancy trick in equal the weight's effect.

Pilot Officer, Press Officer

"No smoking within twelve hours of mission brief. No drinking within fifty feet of the aircraft."